Imbalanced Word-Reading Profiles in Eighth-Graders

Autor/inn/en	Bowey, Judith A.; Rutherford, Jennifer
Titel	Imbalanced Word-Reading Profiles in Eighth-Graders
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 96 (2007) 3, S.169-196 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2006.11.001
Schlagwörter	Reading Difficulties; Profiles; Verbal Ability; Dyslexia; Grade 8; Word Recognition; Phonology; Reading Research; Reading Skills; Evaluation Criteria; Control Groups; Grade 4; United Kingdom (Reading) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Mündliche Leistung; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Worterkennung; Fonologie; Leseforschung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04
Abstract	This current study introduced a new method to investigate the prevalence and correlates of significant imbalances in the relative accuracy with which eighth-graders read nonwords (e.g., "prauma") and exception words (e.g., "vaccine"). Substantial proportions of students showed imbalanced word-reading profiles, but these were not strongly tied to differences in reading and spelling achievement. Of the students without reading difficulties, 19% had imbalanced word-reading profiles favoring exception words and 17% had imbalanced word-reading profiles favoring nonwords. Of the poor readers, 39% met the criterion for phonological dyslexia (with imbalanced word-reading profiles favoring exception words) and 14% met the criterion for surface dyslexia (with imbalanced word-reading profiles favoring nonwords) in relation to the eighth-grade benchmark readers, but the incidence of these types of dyslexia varied with verbal ability. Of the poor readers with normal verbal ability, 60% were classified as phonological dyslexics and none was classified as surface dyslexic. In students low in verbal ability, surface dyslexia was more common. However, when imbalanced word-reading profiles were defined in relation to fourth-grade reading-level controls, only 12 phonological dyslexics and 1 surface dyslexic were identified. Relatively few cases of either type of developmental dyslexia appeared to be "pure." (Author).
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